Comments on: Hawaiian Eats: People’s Cafe

By: pomai

pomai — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:03:57 +0000

Meg, thanks for the tip on the Tripe Stew. I’ll keep that in mind. I LOVE Tripe Stew. My mom’s one is awesome. Tripe Stew is another dish you just gotta’ eat with Poi. No other way. Same with the Salt Meat and Watercress, which is another dish I really wanna’ try here.

By: meg

meg — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:26:43 +0000

Their tripe stew is also very delicious. Loads of tripe, not mostly carrots and onions, as other places’ tripe stews are. A bit salty, but I don’t mind for just the amount of tripe you get. If you like tripe stew, I highly recommend People’s! Yum. I love getting that with a side order of the squid lu’au. Mmmmmmm.

(I always mean to try the lava rock but then I get there and change my mind and get the tripe stew instead. One day, I hope.)

By: pomai

pomai — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:06:41 +0000

Hugh, sorry, cash only at People’s Cafe.

By: hugh janus

hugh janus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52:04 +0000

Credit cards accepted? I dont like to carry cash. haha.

By: pomai

pomai — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:17 +0000

Nate, tell me about it. At least now I know, and at least the restaurant is still going strong so I/we still have the opportunity to “rediscover” their onolicious Hawaiian foods.

Paki, considering the quality AND quantity of their Hawaiian dishes, plus the super quick service, the prices are VERY reasonable.

Spotty, thanks for the other downtown grindz tips. Alii Grill and “Hole in the Wall” is now locked on my radar!

Raph’, most of the Safeways here have undergone a major facelift in the store. They look more like your typical Whole Foods now. Sometimes at Whole ~~Paycheck~~ Foods prices, too, depending what you’re getting. But I like their meats, especially their beef, which I find is of better quality and cut than the competing supermarkets.

Erica, Diner E pointed out that People’s Cafe’ Kim Chee tastes more like Japanese style Tsukemono (salt and vinegar) than the spicy Kochuujang-flavored Korean Kim Chee. Which I’d be fine with.

By: Okihwn

Okihwn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:16:11 +0000

Pomai – Find it hard to believe you never been to or heard of People’s Cafe. Been going there over 20 years. The building it’s in is owned by a Chinese society I belong to, which has it’s hall on the top floor – See Dai Doo Society. Always found the food good!

By: Paki

Paki — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:04:38 +0000

Pomai, good to see People’s Cafe still operating. They’ve been there at that same location forever and serving up good Hawaiian fare with reasonable prices. Best of luck to them and more years of local Hawaiian kau kau.

By: spotty

spotty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:21:33 +0000

I’ve been there, but never had the Lava Rock. Something to look forward to.

Next time you are in the downtown area, may I humbly suggest another hole in the wall, “Hole In the Wall” on Chaplain Lane. They, and Alii Grill on Union Mall, are on the shortlist here in my office. Parking’s kind of tough, but if you have a getaway driver lurking on a side street…or park at Longs and walk LOL.

By: Raphael Tran

Raphael Tran — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:36:40 +0000

gorgeous photos and excellent write up as always pomai. it’s a trip seeing safeway out there, feels like home here in northern california!!! i think i might have been there once when i went to HI for my brother’s wedding a few years back. went there to get some food for late night snacking. wish there were more cafe’s like that near my work at the Cal campus. keep the reviews comin’ pomai!!!!

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:33:49 +0000

Pomai, the shortribs would look and taste more better if there was more a charred edge indeed . Kimchee should have paprika added for more nicer presentation. I still head there for takeout and shop there too.

By: pomai

pomai — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:41:19 +0000

Kimo, Helena’s is also Diner AC’s favorite Hawaiian food restaurant. Especially for their fried Pipikaula and excellent Laulau. But she likes People’s Choice too.

Let us know how your dinner at Top of Waikiki goes.

Marvo, really, everyday? Not me. I can only eat Hawaiian food about once or twice a month at the most.

As for the texture of the butterfish, it also could be excessive pork fat that’s causing your dislike. I like some pork fat in my laulau for flavor, but not where there’s a whole huge glob of it, which I’ll pull out and leave on the side.

By: Kimo

Kimo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:33 +0000

Pomai Brah, this place have more selections of dishes than Helena Hawaiian Food but I still also like Helena. This place easy to find parking and I like to do shopping afterward at Long Drugs and Safeway. Now I do like good deal places to eat but I also do upscale from time to time.

T.O.W. wil be for a very special occasion coming up and I will be all dressed up for it.

By: Marvo

Marvo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:36:58 +0000

I’m not a fan of butterfish in my laulau. I think it’s the texture of it.

Anyhoo, you have me craving Hawaiian food now. I think I shall get some tomorrow. I wish I could eat Hawaiian food every day, but it’s so expensive.